Overall, I am pleased with this update, despite its focus on ROs. What I liked most was the end of the first phase, with no helpers, just the MC against a dozen PHs and it really is possible to win without the Devil, there's even the MC contemplating at the end, something along the lines of "So this is what it's like to be at the top?", finally, something worthy of a Xianxia protagonist.
As for the ROs, it was nice to see He Mei finally lost and fearful, I like her, but characters who act as if they're always in control annoy me a little, as for Ai, it was really good, I didn't expect anything that happened, the best thing was having the option to refuse Xiwen and save Ai on his own, it may be stupid, but I like the MC finally showing confidence and "competence", unwilling to be the plaything of others.